With a hook for use by the guard to uncouple the engine (on the move) when banking freights up to Masbury, swinging from the smokebox door handrail.

Situated some 12 miles from Bath on the Someset and Dorset line cross the Mendip Hills , Midsomer Norton was regarded as being one of the most attractive stations on the line , although I personally think that Radstock , the station next to it northwards towards Bath could well have been a close contender for that title .
Midsomer Noton's main source of freight traffic was in the form of the empty and full coal wagons to and from the nearby Norton Hill Colliery , and this could be a rake of empties shown in this view with " Jinty " 47465 at its head.